2008/10/27 by D. Cseh, Cseh, D., A. Fuhl +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0810.4779
3 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the proceedings of the 9th European VLBI Network Symposium on "The role of VLBI in the Golden Age for Radio Astronomy", Proceedings of Science (http://pos.sissa.it), PoS(IX EVN Symposium)074
arxiv created 2008/10/27 · openalex publication_date 2008/10/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We show an archival 1.4-GHz Very Large Array (VLA) image of the core-dominated triple (CDT) radio source J1628+3906, along with a recent high-resolution 5-GHz Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) image of its core. This core is resolved into two nearly symmetric components at ~10 milli-arcsecond (mas) angular scale. The inner structure is markedly misaligned with respect to the large-scale structure. This morphology can be interpreted as a possible signature of once ceased and then restarted activity of the galactic nucleus, coupled with a rapid repositioning of the central radio jet axis. In a search for compact (<5"), optically identified, and highly redshifted (z>3) quasars in the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-centimeters (FIRST) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) catalogues, we have also found two quasars associated with weaker two-sided radio lobes at ~10" scale. We present archival 1.4-GHz VLA images of these quasars (J1036+1326 and J1353+5725). The compact cores of both of these CDT sources are likely to be detectable at mas scales. Future VLBI observations at the highest resolution could reveal if their inner radio structure is similar to that of the Compact Symmetric Objects (CSOs). The characteristic directions of their arcsecond-scale and mas-scale structures are probably misaligned which could also support the "restarting and rapid repositioning" scenario.